Operational excellence in production and logistics

Volatile markets, unreliable supply chains and growing complexity are just some of the current challenges faced by production and logistics. The rising customer demand for batch size 1 and immediate delivery call for excellent production and logistics processes to survive in the market.

Fraunhofer IPA supports companies across the globe by supplying methods that enable them to implement improvements in production and logistics with agile methods, giving them a lasting competitive advantage.

Based on an analysis of products, processes, resources and structures, we identify favorable system characteristics and potentials for improvement in your company. The agile transformation ensures fast implementation in a multidisciplinary team with focus on the customer.

Some examples of what we do:

• We pinpoint the causes of problems in factory operations and derive suitable improvement measures for the agile implementation of Manufacturing excellence
• We design Lean intralogistics to suit your needs with the value stream logistics method
• We create Transparency in factory operations by carrying out data-driven analysis
• We identify the opportunities and risks associated with Production complexity in factory operations and support in managing complexity drivers

Your advantages:

• Methodical organization of your production and logistics systems enables excellent processes
• We assist your team with the agile implementation to bring the concept to the shop floor
• Short project durations guarantee fast implementation
• Services individually tailored to your needs
• Methodological approach based on latest research findings
• Our longstanding experience in industrial project management in numerous branches of industry
• Independent research and development from an external perspective

Get in touch with us and tell us about your current challenges. We are looking forward to discuss possible solutions and support options in an on-site meeting.